Posted by tforms1 on December 26, 2006, 5:49 pm
My sister moved to Hong Kong and left a bunch of store credits. (those
little plastic cards)
Im not sure what to do with them, since neither I nor any of my friends
shop at those stores.
Its for places like: Sephora ($150), Brookstone ($125), Coach ($60),
Bed, Bath and Beyond ($40)
I always felt the prices for things at those stores are way overpriced.
Any ideas?
I thought about standing near the counter and offering to buy stuff for
people and they only need to pay me the cost of the item (no tax)
But Im not sure how the store and people would feel about it.
Thanks
Posted by nospam on December 26, 2006, 5:53 pm
Sell them on ebay but first make sure they are not expired
On 26 Dec 2006 17:49:44 -0800, in misc.consumers.frugal-living tforms1@yahoo.com
wrote:
>My sister moved to Hong Kong and left a bunch of store credits. (those
>little plastic cards)
>Im not sure what to do with them, since neither I nor any of my friends
>shop at those stores.
>Its for places like: Sephora ($150), Brookstone ($125), Coach ($60),
>Bed, Bath and Beyond ($40)
>I always felt the prices for things at those stores are way overpriced.
>Any ideas?
>I thought about standing near the counter and offering to buy stuff for
>people and they only need to pay me the cost of the item (no tax)
>But Im not sure how the store and people would feel about it.
>Thanks
Posted by tforms1 on December 26, 2006, 6:14 pm
nospam@nospam.com wrote:
> Sell them on ebay but first make sure they are not expired
2 potential problems with this.
1. I never sold anything on ebay, so buyers wouldnt feel safe buying
from someone with 0 feedback.
2. My $125 credit will probably go for $50 bucks.
:(
Posted by nospam on December 26, 2006, 6:32 pm
On 26 Dec 2006 18:14:39 -0800, in misc.consumers.frugal-living tforms1@yahoo.com
wrote:
>nospam@nospam.com wrote:
>> Sell them on ebay but first make sure they are not expired
>2 potential problems with this.
>1. I never sold anything on ebay, so buyers wouldnt feel safe buying
>from someone with 0 feedback.
Everybody starts at zero. I sold $300 fishing rods with zero feedback.
Posted by Don K on December 26, 2006, 9:10 pm
> My sister moved to Hong Kong and left a bunch of store credits. (those
> little plastic cards)
> Im not sure what to do with them, since neither I nor any of my friends
> shop at those stores.
> Its for places like: Sephora ($150), Brookstone ($125), Coach ($60),
> Bed, Bath and Beyond ($40)
> I always felt the prices for things at those stores are way overpriced.
> Any ideas?
> I thought about standing near the counter and offering to buy stuff for
> people and they only need to pay me the cost of the item (no tax)
> But Im not sure how the store and people would feel about it.
> Thanks
Stores don't like it when you take their business away from them.
Don't do it on their premises unless you're looking for a confrontation.
Why not just bite the bullet and buy something from them.
Surely you can find something useful to buy in each one.
Don't think of it as being over-priced, consider it a salvage operation.
You sister mismanaged her money, and you're salvaging what you can
from it.
Don
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>little plastic cards)
>Im not sure what to do with them, since neither I nor any of my friends
>shop at those stores.
>Its for places like: Sephora ($150), Brookstone ($125), Coach ($60),
>Bed, Bath and Beyond ($40)
>I always felt the prices for things at those stores are way overpriced.
>Any ideas?
>I thought about standing near the counter and offering to buy stuff for
>people and they only need to pay me the cost of the item (no tax)
>But Im not sure how the store and people would feel about it.
>Thanks